<p>A self-portrait by Rembrandt sold for 14.5 million pounds ($18.7 million) at a Sotheby's virtual auction Tuesday.</p>.<p>The house said that was a new record for a self-portrait by the Dutch master at auction. Sotheby's said “Self portrait wearing a ruff and black hat," from 1632, was sought by six bidders Tuesday.</p>.<p>The last self-portrait by Rembrandt to appear at auction was sold for 6.9 million pounds in 2003. The painting sold Tuesday was one of only three self-portraits by the painter that are in private hands.</p>.<p>The sale was part of an online auction featuring work that spans five centuries of art history, from Rembrandt to Picasso, and from Joan Miró to Banksy.</p>.<p>“With the global art world calendar having shifted, we too have seized the opportunity to do things differently,” said Helena Newman, chair of Sotheby's Europe.</p>.<p>The auction caters to “a new generation of collectors (who) show less concern with the traditional art market categories of the past,” she added.</p>.<p>The most valuable paintings include Miró's “Peinture (Femme au chapeau rouge)” (Woman in a Red Hat) from 1927, estimated to sell for 20 to 30 million pounds (USD 25-37.5 million.)</p>.<p>The auction also includes a triptych by Banksy called “Mediterranean Sea View,” painted in 2017.</p>.<p>Presented in elaborate traditional frames, it features orange life jackets and alludes to the lives lost at sea during the European immigration crisis.</p>.<p>Proceeds from the paintings, expected to fetch from USD 1 to USD 1.5 million, will raise money for a hospital in Bethlehem.</p>.<p>Sotheby's London said some two-thirds of the works on sale have never been at auction before. Of the rest, most had been off the market for two decades.</p>
<p>A self-portrait by Rembrandt sold for 14.5 million pounds ($18.7 million) at a Sotheby's virtual auction Tuesday.</p>.<p>The house said that was a new record for a self-portrait by the Dutch master at auction. Sotheby's said “Self portrait wearing a ruff and black hat," from 1632, was sought by six bidders Tuesday.</p>.<p>The last self-portrait by Rembrandt to appear at auction was sold for 6.9 million pounds in 2003. The painting sold Tuesday was one of only three self-portraits by the painter that are in private hands.</p>.<p>The sale was part of an online auction featuring work that spans five centuries of art history, from Rembrandt to Picasso, and from Joan Miró to Banksy.</p>.<p>“With the global art world calendar having shifted, we too have seized the opportunity to do things differently,” said Helena Newman, chair of Sotheby's Europe.</p>.<p>The auction caters to “a new generation of collectors (who) show less concern with the traditional art market categories of the past,” she added.</p>.<p>The most valuable paintings include Miró's “Peinture (Femme au chapeau rouge)” (Woman in a Red Hat) from 1927, estimated to sell for 20 to 30 million pounds (USD 25-37.5 million.)</p>.<p>The auction also includes a triptych by Banksy called “Mediterranean Sea View,” painted in 2017.</p>.<p>Presented in elaborate traditional frames, it features orange life jackets and alludes to the lives lost at sea during the European immigration crisis.</p>.<p>Proceeds from the paintings, expected to fetch from USD 1 to USD 1.5 million, will raise money for a hospital in Bethlehem.</p>.<p>Sotheby's London said some two-thirds of the works on sale have never been at auction before. Of the rest, most had been off the market for two decades.</p>